Lead Angels

Building Wealth, Backing Innovation

Decade-long track record in startup investing
SEBI-registered Category-I AIF-VC Fund (Angel Fund)
400+ members across India, the Middle East, Europe, and North America

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About Lead Angels

The firm is pioneers in startup investing in well-researched, promising, & revenue-making startups, thereby assisting both the firm's investors in getting the best investment options and the firm's founders in securing funding for their growth. The firm's decade-long track record is built on trust & service, with long-term investor relationships and portfolio companies. Lead Angels Fund is a SEBI-registered Category-I AIF-VC Fund-Angel Fund and is your dedicated partner in the world of startups. The firm is a full-stack financial services company, offering investment, follow-on fundraising support, and compliance assistance.

Investment philosophy

The firm is pioneers in startup investing in well-researched, promising, & revenue-making startups. The firm tracks matured startups or businesses planning IPOs in the coming years and offers attractive Unlisted Share investment opportunities to the firm's investors to get that upside, which is often associated with successful IPOs. The firm collaborates with other angel networks and also start-up companies to provide a single entity on the cap table. This also ensures compliance, easing future fundraising. The firm works with the firm's portfolio companies and offers to assist them with the next level of funding to fulfill their later-stage growth needs and works with VCs to get the same achieved. The firm also offers to assist in the firm's portfolios' growth by way of market access and process maturity, branding, etc.

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Registered 2021

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Sushanto Mitra

CEO & Founder

Sushanto Mitra is Founder & CEO of Lead Invest (formerly Lead Angels). He has over 20 years of experience in India's early-stage investment ecosystem, starting with a career in software before becoming India's first IT sector analyst. He was the first CEO of the Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay, one of India's most successful incubators. He is a TiE Charter Member and Member of the Mentor Panel at FITT, IIT Delhi, and a former member of the Granting Committee of Mozilla Open Source Support Program for India. He has assisted market entry strategies, successful IPOs, and exits across diverse sectors. He is a visiting faculty at IITs and IIMs, and co-author of 'Funding Your Startup and Other Nightmares' (Penguin).

Dhruv Nath

Director

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Dhruv Nath is Director and Co-Founder of Lead Invest. He is an IIT Bombay alumnus and contributes strategic and mentoring support to the organization and its portfolio companies.

E N Venkat

Director

Hanuman Tripathi

Managing Partner - Fintech Vertical

Priyanka Barot

Head of Investor Relations

Aditya Mitra

Head (Unlisted & Secondaries)

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